Here we are. PSG is launching the one which will be, with that of the return and awaiting possible qualification and possible quarters, the most important week of its season. The Ile-de-France residents will play their Champions League first leg against Real Sociedad on Wednesday. Two teams arriving with completely opposite dynamics, with PSG in rather good shape and the Basques hesitant. Already big favorites at the time of the draw, Luis Enrique’s men also seem to arrive in better shape for this match.
And if there is one man who will be scrutinized very closely on Wednesday, then during the return match in Basque lands, it is Kylian Mbappé. We can even say that he is, by far, the player who has the most to prove and the most to lose in this double confrontation. Returning to training yesterday after a small physical problem, the Bondynois is eagerly awaited. First, by the Parisian fans. “Kylian in Paris! », for example sang several fans present at the training center yesterday. Some have, in the past, criticized him for not having always been up to standard during European games. But above all, the Blues player knows that he is facing the last opportunity to win the title with PSG.
He is expected by everyone
Arriving in Paris, he will pack his bags this summer, as revealed by us exclusively on January 7. So it’s this year or never to finally bring this big-eared cut back to Paris. A goal from which he has never hidden in the past, and which he will now only be able to achieve this year, after having failed individually and collectively in recent seasons.
Then, he will also be keen to prove to the football world that he is indeed the best on the planet. After the coronation of Erling Halaand last year, the astonishing explosion of Jude Bellingham in Madrid and the good performances of Vinicius Jr who has already tasted a European title, the Bondynois will want to show who is the boss . Just as he will want to show the Madrilenians that they are not wrong by pushing for him for years already. “Mbappé, ready for the final against Real”headline for example the Madrid daily A.S., who hopes to see a very great Mbappé, even if it is against a Spanish team. The 25-year-old striker knows what he has to do…
